Kicking off the New Year with a bhang, New Hampshire’s House is set to vote Wednesday on a plan that would legalize up to an ounce of pot for adults 21 and up for recreational purposes (or, for whatever purpose you may have for using cannabis). The bill, dubbed House Bill 492, is among the first few to be debate in the 2014 session.
Under the proposal, the state would legalize and regulate cannabis dispensaries to sell herb taxed at a rate of $30 per ounce. Adults 21 and up would be able to grow up to six plants at a time at home. Generally speaking, the plan is identical to the one passed in Colorado in 2012.

In light of the Denver’s unexpected crackdown on what was to be one of the largest cannabis gatherings in the city, organizers of Wednesday’s cancelled event, along with vaporizer company O.pen VAPE, funneled their resources into the launch of My 420 Tours.
Basically, it consisted of loading reporters and smokers onto a party bus, handing out free, loaded vaporizers and riding around town to see a dispensary and a growhouse — replete with tour guides offering education on marijuana history, laws and, naturally, all you could ever want to know about O.pen VAPE. Josiah Hesse at the Denver Westword has the rest of his strange, wild ride.

Colorado’s legal pot sales may be the hot topic of pot news these days, but lawmakers in two neighboring states say they’ve got plants to legalize sales to adults 21 and up soon themselves.
An Arizona state representative and a New Mexico state Senator both say they are working on plans similar to the Colorado model that would legalize limited cannabis sales and possession for adults 21 and up.